What I’m up to at the moment:
I’m currently upping my dose of Olanzapin to a maximum of 10x the normal dose. I take a pill whenever I feel to “high” right now. This practice is called 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 method.
It can help to avert a hospital stay when your in a psychotic/manic stage like me. Talk to your doctor befor doing something like this! It startet with a physical illness, depression and/or Minus-Symptoms (I will talk about symptoms in the next post). I wanted to get out of that stage and just stayed awake for a night with a lot of mindfullness practice. But of course then I changed to Hypermania after the sleepless night, but due to the meds I will hopefully soon be back to normal again.
Medication Intake Plan
- 10x 5mg Olanzapin = 50 mg Olanzapin
- …
I’m taking a pill Olanzapin when I feel to egitated and when I want to sleep my if required medication Chlorprothexin (15-30mg).
Im in constant contact with family, friends and even neighbours know what to do, if I’m near a BLIP (cf. BLIP.gov) again.
What I did the last weeks?:
First I was out sick with an airway infection, while I was sick I had Minus-Symptoms and didn’t leave the house or even opened a window for four consecutive days. Then I worked four days at my company where a lot of change is happening right now. Unlimited possiblities came to my mind and I was somehow hyped up about the future. I already had so much plans how I wanted to change the world. But I slept only 5,5h in 6 days! So I was nowhere near normal and called in sick during another sleepless night.
How to handle a crisis:
- 1. Talk to family and friends about safety plans, e.g. “When I don’t sleep two days in a row” -> emergency, call / go to a doctor; “When the symptoms hold on for longer than four days”: -> emergency, call / go to a doctor
- 2. Contact your Psychologist and schedule an emergency call / visit
- 3. Contact your Psychiatrist how you should medicate and when you can come for an appointment outside the normal schedule
- 4. Document what you do, with something like this Journal for Amazon [German language, but doesn’t matter, you can still use it]
- Go to the next emergency psychiatric clinic that is responsible for you with some clothes etc., medication plan and documents. And please let someone drive you (like I did). Because it is to dangerous to drive while being unstable.
Unfortunate I didn’t had have Neurofeedback for two weeks now and my appointment this week was canceled cause the physician is sick.
Stay tuned. Stay curious. Stay healthy! Self-care first! – Always {Like in a plane crash ;-)}
Post Scriptum:
Please stay connected with your safety net and everything will be okay again! Feel free to contact me personally if you want to write or talk everyone ❤
PS: Currently (4th of Dezember) I’m editing this post out of the hospital. I will keep you updated. Have a great week everyone ❤
Edit: 13th of Dezember, I’m getting Lithium since a few days plus Olanzapin in the hospital, but the Lithium level isn’t high enough up until now.
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